When injection is the right fix
Injection works on poured concrete walls with non-structural or stabilized cracks. If the wall is still moving, we stabilize it first — sealing a crack in a wall that continues to shift only buys a season.
- Vertical or diagonal cracks that leak during snowmelt
- Damp streaks and efflorescence below a crack
- Cracks in block walls letting water through joints
- Cold joints and tie-rod holes seeping water
How the repair works
We clean the crack, set injection ports along its length, cap the surface, and inject resin under pressure until it travels the full depth of the wall. Polyurethane expands to chase water and stays flexible; epoxy cures rigid and restores bond strength.
Repairs are typically finished in a single visit and the wall can be repainted afterward.
Epoxy vs. polyurethane
- Polyurethane: flexible, expands to chase active leaks
- Epoxy: rigid, restores structural bond in poured walls
- Polyurethane for cold joints and tie-rod holes
- Epoxy where the crack must not move again
- Both fill the full wall thickness, not just the face
- Both can be painted or finished over
Why cracks leak here
Across Rifle, Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Grand Junction, Aspen, Basalt and Vail, spring snowmelt saturates backfill fast and pushes water against basement walls under real hydrostatic pressure. A hairline crack that stays dry in July can run water in April.
Freeze-thaw cycling widens those cracks a little each year, so sealing early is far cheaper than waiting for the wall to start moving.